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Security Configuration Benchmark for Sybase ASE 15.0

CIS provides benchmarks, scoring tools, software, data, information, suggestions, ideas, and other services and materials from the CIS website or elsewhere ("Products") as a public service to Internet users worldwide. Recommendations contained in the Products ("Recommendations") result from a consensus-building process that involves many security experts and are generally generic...

Tags: Information Security, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase Inc., Security Configuration, Center For Internet Security, CIS, Recommendations, Security, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-09-01

Automatic Content Categorization and Tagging With EMC Documentum Content Intelligence Services: Technology Concepts and Business Considerations

Documentum Content Intelligence Services is a core requirement for managing multiple content initiatives and unlocking the value of enterprise content. CIS delivers proven ROl by reducing costs through improved business processes and enhancing productivity - meeting those objectives while increasing customer satisfaction. CIS provides the tangible benefits like cost reduction,...

Tags: Tagging, Customer Satisfaction, EMC Corp., Documentum, Documentum Content Intelligence Services, CIS, Storage, Product Marketing, Content Management, Hardware, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-11-01

Additional Resources

10 technological changes in 10 technological years

retitle it15 Technological Changes in 15 Years... and even with that you'd be off. Pluto was reclassified... this is not a technological innovation, even its classification name already existed.15 years ago Forest Gump came out, and even it was talking about Apple being big then, when it was set......

Tags: DVD, floppy disk, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!

About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...

Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

10 ways to secure the Apple iPhone

Guest post: TechRepublic's Michael Kassner highlights 10 ways to secure an iPhone. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. The Center for Internet Security CIS is well -known for developing security benchmarks for operating systems, applications, network devices, and now the Apple iPhone. I’ve read...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Step, Apple Inc., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Scientists Boost Productivity With User-Friendly High-Performance Solution

Nile University is a non-profit privately owned research university in Egypt. The life-science researchers at CIS need to analyse huge amounts of biological data to compare genomic sequences. Using conventional computers this would not be possible, so high-performance computing HPC is vital to their success. Scientists at the Centre of...

Tags: Researcher, Scientist, High-performance, Microsoft Corp., Nile University, Leadership, Healthcare, Open Source, Management

Case studies 2009-06-01

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws (Inside the botnets that never make the news)

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws Inside the botnets that never make the newsBlock IRC traffic completelyThat's the solution. IRC traffic has no place in business environments.Image 5...Did you do the obfuscating? If not, how do you know they're all on the same server?How pray tell?You're forgetting, any type of...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Stateful Packet Inspection, IRC traffic, IRC, BotNet

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

TV ToGo 2.1.0 (Mobile)

TOGO.TV is a brand new carrier independent mobile TV. At the current moment we air our channels all over Russia and CIS, to all mobile devices with internet access. We give everybody the opportunity to create their own channels, show their works to wide audience and earn money selling them...

Tags: Mobile, TV, TOGO.TV, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-13

Five Windows tools to keep your digital life in sync

Five Windows tools to keep your digital life in syncHey Ed..I use 2 of the programs here, Windows Live Mesh and Newsgator. Well, technically 3 since I also use Live Mesh for my bookmarks. I just added make my IE Favorites folder on Live Mesh then Viola! All my bookmarks...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, 64-bit, Windows Tools, tool, digital life, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Addressing Compliance Initiatives With Tripwire and the Center for Internet Security (CIS)

In this paper, discover what you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. This whitepaper looks at: What the CIS is and how it develops its benchmarks How to use the benchmarks to address compliance and...

Tags: Security, Internet, Compliance, Internet Security, Tripwire

White papers 2009-03-26

International Mobile TV Forum Overview

The first in CIS countries international forum dedicated to mobile TV "Mobile Broadcasting. World success story and prospects of implementation in Eastern Europe and CIS" took place in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 29, 2007. The sponsorship support of the event was provided by QArea as far as the company considers...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, QArea, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

White papers 2009-01-01

Vulnerability Assessment and Change Audit System

Identifying database vulnerabilities such as unpatched systems and misconfigured privileges - and preventing unauthorized changes - enables organizations to proactively address a range of internal and external threats, while addressing SOX and PCI compliance requirements. The attendee of this webcast learn about Guardium 7's Vulnerability Assessment VA scanning module and...

Tags: Guardium, Audit, Vulnerability Assessment, Security, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Saving Money, Reducing Risk: Continuous Configuration Auditing Using Industry Standards and Benchmarks

The presenter gives best practices in establishing a security risk and configuration management program incorporating the security configuration benchmarks from CIS. This demonstrated, integrated approach to risk management will reduce manual efforts, save money and enable repeatable and consistent results.

Tags: nCircle Network Security, Auditing, Industry Standard, Security Configuration, Security

Webcasts 2009-01-01

IT trends: The top five developments of 2008

IT trends: The top five developments of 2008Plenty of dataHow many GAO reports on fraud in the H-1b visa, CIS reports on underpaid H-1b visa holders, or YouTube videos of corrupt lawyers showing companies how to subvert the H-1b labor laws? Even BLS data has shown little growth in...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, H-1B, Microsoft .NET, BLS

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

$236m judgment against spammer couple

How much is spam worth? In the case of a couple who sent millions of spams to a small ISP, $236 million. That's the judgment a federal judge in Iowa levied against the husband-and-wife spamming team of Henry Perez and Suzanne Bartok, IDG reports. Over four months in 2003,...

Tags: Judgment, Spammer, CIS Internet Services, Spam, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?

NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?Very simply put, It became a religious war....Software is simply NOT a religion.So the software religious community needs to learn to sleep with itself.In retrospect, the OLPC has changed the world. Sure, it has spawned anindustry that is more to serve rich consumers...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, NPR

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Should colleges really teach hacking?

Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...

Tags: Food & Beverage, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a science

Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a scienceI once thought that wayThats until I stop taking what I learned for granted. That happened when I started working with more CIS and MIS people that could whip up a quick VB app for show but brought down servers under load....

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Development tools, service system, goodbye, IDE

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Banco Compartamos S.A. Consolidates Information and Improves Planning and Budget Control

Banco Compartamos wanted to implement a solid and scalable IT infrastructure to improve budgetary and financial planning and consolidate financial information to provide access to up-to-date information for management decisions. The challenge was to eliminate reprocessing and extra man-hours needed to gather financial information and eliminate the loss of critical...

Tags: Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2008-08-01

Integrated Intelligence Drives Performance for Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service CPS wanted to collate and analyze case load, payroll, and performance data from multiple sources to optimize budget allocation and workforce planning across the CPS's 42 geographical areas. The challenge was to streamline compiling of annual reports to the treasury, attorney general, and parliament and gain rapid...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Oracle Corp., Performance, Payroll, Performance Management, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Pricing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Marketing

Case studies 2008-07-01